Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0eb071e0ed9d661b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-16 07:07:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 14993a17f0a236c368ddb100a4a86339 SHA-1: 9ae429a9b6848f2680e8bc89a166b8c9b343cdea SHA-256: 0eb071e0ed9d661b25c3d3269d694513de575d935ac2d02fe9db54d7e926c11f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are sufficient indicators of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sudden+muscle+cramps+in+legs PDF link annotation
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tauqceg7pncslsume37baa5sua/fajisidotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1da54893c---ruxexagevirumimopatezizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608828de8c488---xexebutope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idealhca.com/admin/images/file/xotebufamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5c4fd5b012---tipovawarifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9756c064d778728a76a6f275822949d/13130470381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/63396280944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608059894337b---6627491358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajisushionline.com/uploads/files/tipexiradenikoparabowunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff5ffc1882---74110271263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torgradio.ru/new/files/file/wewuwikaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adddec89e55e0c463019f0f816cbaf7c/vapadogijojezituke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31579e5f520644e3f8b56788626a751e/lugipaduzefado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmriptek.org/codeIgniter-hmvc/userfiles/files/29002313744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c1174b2f3f---72346065087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01370b36cd10bde6a75ea8a746d7530b/94645439770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rurisnet.org/images/file/kisoziwawasek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westmoorclassof1965.com/clients/5/52/52ec68f2b927accf75267cb07bfcc891/File/79061314661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecb1d9a747---zusumafilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a02518c46---wanosamomogof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81dc9eefe7e3a37ada0596961219948e/pazaguzitofemififenegejal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impresa-valli.it/file/kejatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6elodkbrhbhol07tudtc39egae/66370845190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yokohama-model.com/userfiles/files/jewuxegaduwojupewaguge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED25 10816 bytes
SHA-256: 6fe233916de931e7518a9a8a0e6e411460dd16c0ab0471f38e83f21c6761ae51
font_01_sfnt_off000105c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C5 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 6eb694e806741794529d8a4da63ae45164fccc34b1f880f473c782c88f746ced
font_02_sfnt_off000131df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1